Dick Tracy #57

(November 1952)

Amazing Bargains (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Consumers Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dick Tracy and the Case of the Teleguard Terror (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Joe Simon (splash panel);Chester Gould

Inks

Joe Simon (splash panel);Chester Gould

Colors

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Letters

Chester Gould

Genre

adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; B. O. Plenty; Gravel Gertie; Sparkle Plenty; Flossie Frost; Big Frost; Heyyou

Synopsis

Sparkle and Flossie disappear when they go to buy a Christmas tree. Tracy learns how Big Frost and his gang know what the police are planning.

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #144 (February 1961)
• From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1948-12-05 to 1948-12-23.

Boy, Get That Real R. R. Engineers' Thrill That Only Comes with Lionel Trains! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dick Tracy and the Case of the Ice-Cold Killer (Table of Contents: 4)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Joe Simon (splash panel);Chester Gould

Inks

Joe Simon (splash panel);Chester Gould

Colors

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Letters

? (splash panel); Chester Gould

Genre

adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Chief Patton; Sam Catchem; Auntie; Sleet

Synopsis

Dick and Chief Patton show Sam how things are done in their precinct. Sam encounters Sleet, an old adversary from Boston.

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #118 (December 1957) [Pages 1 and 2 not reprinted. Page 3, panels 1-9 not reprinted.]
• From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1948-12-26 to 1949-01-05,

Indexer Notes

Splash panel for this story is also used as the cover of this issue.

In the last panel of page 3 of this story, Tracy reminds Sam that it's 1952. The original newspaper strip balloon had 1949 as the date. The date is changed to 1957 when part of this story is reprinted in Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #118.

Boys! Girls! Parents! Send Today for This Beautiful Pen and Pencil Set! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Everyone Gets the Golden Ring with These New Comics! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

How soon after an assault must a victim die in order for it to be murder? (Table of Contents: 7)

Calling All Sleuths / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime; history

Characters

Socrates

Synopsis

Six questions about various crimes and historic people.

Murder of a Mystic (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Inspector Keith; Madame Olga; Addison Hardy' Franklin Thornton

Synopsis

Inspector Keith solves the death of a fortune teller.

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #82 (December 1954) [Story reformatted to fit 1.5 columns on the page. ]

Everybody Loves Blondie! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Blondie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page (report information)

Three Weeks and $1 Made Sad Slim Jim Hep! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Strongmen's Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Double Double-Cross (Table of Contents: 11)

Dick Tracy / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

Chester Gould

Pencils

Chester Gould

Inks

Chester Gould

Colors

?

Letters

Chester Gould

Genre

adventure; drama; humor; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Dick Tracy; Sam Catchem; Sleet; Butsey; Flossie Frost; Sleet; Grapevine Gary

Synopsis

With the help of Sleet, Tracy and Sam are able to identify the men who kidnapped Flossie Frost.

Reprints

• From Dick Tracy newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune) 1949-01-06 to 1949-01-23.

Murder Strikes Twice! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Dick Tracy Comics Monthly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Struggle for Death! (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 0.8 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Alvin Morely; Seth Morely; Detective-Sergeant Heath; Janice Morely

Synopsis

Heath solves a homicide.

Now Better Than Ever (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Girl Friday / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sam Burlockoff

Inks

Sam Burlockoff

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

OK. Page -- I'm here! What's going on?

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Myra Martin; Glenn Wilson; Lorna Gray; John Page

Synopsis

Myra solves the murder of a woman who was engaged to two different men.

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #93 (November 1955)

"Well, well -- if it isn't my old friend, Inspector Kelly!" (Table of Contents: 16)

Minit Mystery Starring the Count / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

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Letters

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Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Boris Gehrhart; Inspector Kelly; Marta Grange; Hugh Winters

Synopsis

Boris solves the murder of an actress who was killed in a public park.

Reprints

• in Dick Tracy (Harvey, 1950 series) #144 (February 1961)

A Shelby Will Bring Lasting Joy For Years to Any Girl or Boy (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Shelby Cycle Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

50 Combat Action Plastic Toys (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Fighting Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Exciting Fast Action Fun Galore (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Cadaco-Ellis Originator of Games / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The 2 Best Ways to Fill a Pen! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)